The Federal Communications Commission in the United States has granted Google the opportunity to manage data that could eventually lead to the creation of high-speed wireless.
The spectrum available is between the frequencies that are used for television broadcasts. Google has been wanting these for years in order to provide high-speed wireless.
However, this will require a large amount of cooperation and coordination, which is why the FCC has granted nine companies the opportunity help to coordinate the response.
“While the operation of multiple database administrators may present some coordination challenges, we find it is in the public interest to have multiple parties developing business models for this new mechanism,” the FCC said in a statement.
“The value of this exercise extends beyond databases for the TV bands, as the Commission is also considering employing similar database approaches in other spectrum bands.”
Patrick Stafford is a freelance journalist and a former deputy editor of SmartCompany.
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